Annual Conference Dundee Contemporary Arts 21st June 2003 SAU is holding its annual Conference at DCA on Saturday the 21st of June, between 1 and 5 p.m. The conference will cover some SAU business as well as a host of other topics, and looks set to being an essential day for the visual arts. Speakers will include Gillian Nicol, Editor Artists Newsletter, Wendy Law -Scottish Arts Council, Francis McKee- Curator, Lisa Stewart -Artist and Curator and Katrina Brown of VAGA, as well as some guest speakers yet to be confirmed.
As well as the chance for everyone to have their say and further the agenda, we'll also be getting first hand footage from the Venice Biannale and Scotland's first ever Pavilion, and the first ever screening of the new SAU website. The first leg of our extensive 2003 Roadshow is now complete, having taken us to seven venues across Scotland in four months. Certification is almost complete, bringing Trades Union status and greater support ever closer. As always, we continue to develop the membership, which is now well over two hundred, covering artists of all disciplines, and at every stage of their careers. SAU continues to push forward for a better deal for artists, lobbying the Arts Council and the Scottish Executive for increases in funding, and gaining further endorsement for our Rates of Pay document. The day is free to all, and teas and coffees etc. will be provided. For more information or a conference programme please write to - [EMAIL PROTECTED] / Scottish Artists Union, C/o Equity, 144 Union Street, Glasgow G1 3QQ To join the Union, get your membership card, get the benefits and develop the agenda, as well as instantly becoming part of a growing artistic network that already has links throughout Britain and the wider world, simply contact us at the above address ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] archive: http://www.mediascot.org/ambit info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
